THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 37 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte TAKAHISA HARA, MASAHITO MATSUMOTO, NOBUHIRO USUI, and SHIGEYOSHI MATSUBARA _____________ Appeal No. 1996-2637 Application No. 08/190,5661 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before METZ, PAK, and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judges. PAK, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL 1Application for patent filed February 2, 1994. According to appellants, this application is a continuation of Application 07/873,893, filed April 24, 1992, now abandoned; which is a division of Application 07/545,868, filed June 29, 1990, now abandoned. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007